Port Ellen
Port Ellen is a small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland. The town is named after the wife of its founder, Walter Frederick Campbell. Its previous name, Leòdamas, is derived from Old Norse meaning "Leòd's Harbour".| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ardview Hotel and Port Ellen distillery.
Port Ellen distillery
Building
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Port Ellen distillery is located in Port Ellen on the isle of Islay, Scotland. Established in 1825 and closed more than once, it reopened in 2024 after having been closed since 1983.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lagavulin and Ardbeg.
Lagavulin
Village
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Lagavulin is a small village approximately 3 miles outside Port Ellen on the Isle of Islay, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Kildalton, and is situated on the A846 road. It is best known for being the home of Lagavulin single malt whisky. Lagavulin is situated 2½ miles east of Port Ellen.
Ardbeg
Hamlet
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Ardbeg is a small settlement on southern coast of the island of Islay, in the council area of Argyll and Bute, off the west coast of Scotland. It is around 3 miles east of Port Ellen and 1 mile northeast of Lagavulin at the eastern terminus of the A846 road. Ardbeg is situated 3 miles east of Port Ellen.
Port Ellen
- Type: Village with 794 residents
- Description: small town on the island of Islay, in Argyll, Scotland
- Category: locality
- Location: Argyll and Bute, Scottish Highlands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.62939° or 55° 37′ 46″ northLongitude
-6.18801° or 6° 11′ 17″ westPopulation
794Elevation
102 feet (31 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB PLNOpen location code
9C7MJRH6+QQOpenStreetMap ID
node 4252281397OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Port Ellen” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Port Ellen”
- Belarusian: “Порт-Элен”
- Breton: “Port Ellen”
- Breton: “Port Ìlein”
- Catalan: “Port Ellen”
- Cebuano: “Port Ellen”
- Chinese: “埃伦港”
- Chinese: “埃倫港”
- Danish: “Port Ellen”
- Dutch: “Port Ellen”
- French: “Port Ellen”
- German: “Port Ellen”
- Irish: “Port Ilein”
- Irish: “Port Ílein”
- Irish: “Port Ìlein”
- Italian: “Port Ellen”
- Japanese: “ポート・エレン”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Port Ellen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Port Ellen”
- Norwegian: “Port Ellen”
- Ossetian: “Порт-Эллен”
- Persian: “پورت الن”
- Polish: “Port Ellen”
- Portuguese: “Port Ellen”
- Russian: “Порт-Эллен”
- Scots: “Port Ellen”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Eilein”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Ellen”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Port Ìlein”
- Spanish: “Port Ellen”
- Swedish: “Port Ellen”
- Turkish: “Port Ellen”
- Welsh: “Port Ellen”
- “Port Ellen”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Port Ellen”. Photo: J M Briscoe, CC BY-SA 2.0.